Certification Problem

Input (TPDB SRS_Standard/Waldmann_06_SRS/uni-6)

The rewrite relation of the following TRS is considered.

a(a(a(x1))) c(c(b(x1))) (1)
b(b(b(x1))) c(c(c(x1))) (2)
c(c(c(x1))) a(b(b(x1))) (3)

Property / Task

Prove or disprove termination.

Answer / Result

No.

Proof (by AProVE @ termCOMP 2023)

1 Looping derivation

There is a looping derivation.

a a a b b b b+ ε a a a b b b b ε

The derivation can be derived as follows.